RE: Default Gateway

[Gary C <sysnet@...]

At 04:59 PM 5/23/2002 +0200, Nacho wrote:
>On dial-up connections you do not need to define a default-gateway since the
>only way you have to reach
>the rest of the internet is through the dial-up connection. In a LAN
>environment (ethernet segment for example)
>multiple gateways can be accesed and you need to define to which send your
>IP packets destined to the Internet.

In response to Emre's question:

>I use a dial-up account (CompuServe). When I check my IP configuration ,I
>see that my default gateway is the same as my IP address and the subnet mask
>is 255.255.255.255.


Actually, if you set up your own address as default gateway, it tells your 
machine to treat every packet like a broadcast packet and send it all out 
the interface.

Gary C